An Act to protect health care consumers from surprise billing

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Overview Bill text 1 History 5 Sponsors

By Representative Donato of Medford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1144) of Paul J. Donato relative to non-contracted and non-emergency healthcare billing. Financial Services.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Feb 27, 2025
Last action: Oct 20, 2025 — Accompanied a new draft, see H4619
Session: 194th
Momentum: 28 · Low

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 4%, measured from MA's completed sessions
Momentum -5 28/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 364 days quiet

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